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Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) Competitors

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$32.49 +0.72 (+2.27%)
As of 04/30/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

AXTA vs. NTR, ICL, ALTM, CSWI, ESI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, and BAK

Should you be buying Axalta Coating Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axalta Coating Systems include Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Axalta Coating Systems vs.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

63.1% of Nutrien shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Nutrien shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Nutrien currently has a consensus target price of $59.27, indicating a potential upside of 3.78%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus target price of $41.36, indicating a potential upside of 27.29%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than Nutrien.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nutrien
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Axalta Coating Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Nutrien has higher revenue and earnings than Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutrien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nutrien$25.97B1.07$1.26B$1.3741.69
Axalta Coating Systems$5.28B1.35$391M$1.7818.25

Nutrien has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Axalta Coating Systems received 90 more outperform votes than Nutrien when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.68% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NutrienOutperform Votes
443
62.22%
Underperform Votes
269
37.78%
Axalta Coating SystemsOutperform Votes
533
63.68%
Underperform Votes
304
36.32%

Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 7.41% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.62%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 26.29% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nutrien2.62% 6.81% 3.23%
Axalta Coating Systems 7.41%26.29%6.77%

In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 5 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 15 mentions for Nutrien. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Nutrien's score of 1.18 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nutrien
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Axalta Coating Systems
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats Nutrien on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AXTA vs. The Competition

MetricAxalta Coating SystemsPaints & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.10B$14.18B$3.03B$18.97B
Dividend YieldN/A1.62%5.18%4.03%
P/E Ratio18.2519.5674.6732.71
Price / Sales1.351.4125,549,533,275,675,700.0027.84
Price / Cash9.7612.2624.3217.53
Price / Book3.623.285.214.47
Net Income$391M$724.46M$155.11M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.52%4.32%1.07%2.26%
1 Month Performance-1.14%0.38%2.95%-2.86%
1 Year Performance3.31%-3.92%18.88%5.48%

Axalta Coating Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.5406 of 5 stars
$32.49
+2.3%
$41.36
+27.3%
+3.3%$7.10B$5.28B18.2512,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
NTR
Nutrien
3.4609 of 5 stars
$52.57
+0.1%
$59.40
+13.0%
+8.2%$25.70B$25.97B38.3724,700Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ICL
ICL Group
1.6193 of 5 stars
$6.35
-0.3%
$6.75
+6.3%
+42.9%$8.34B$6.84B20.4813,200Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
N/A$5.85
+0.1%
N/A+32.8%$6.29B$1.21B73.061,470Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
CSWI
CSW Industrials
3.2687 of 5 stars
$291.18
-2.4%
$342.50
+17.6%
+31.5%$4.89B$858.61M34.792,400Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ESI
Element Solutions
4.9335 of 5 stars
$18.02
-4.8%
$27.88
+54.7%
-11.7%$4.37B$2.46B17.675,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
AVNT
Avient
4.8054 of 5 stars
$30.82
-1.2%
$48.60
+57.7%
-21.5%$2.82B$3.24B16.849,700Upcoming Earnings
MEOH
Methanex
4.6399 of 5 stars
$27.50
+1.8%
$49.13
+78.6%
-34.7%$1.85B$3.72B11.901,300Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
CC
Chemours
3.7937 of 5 stars
$11.33
-0.3%
$21.56
+90.3%
-53.8%$1.69B$5.78B19.886,600Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.704 of 5 stars
$9.71
-1.0%
$16.00
+64.8%
+44.5%$1.45B$560.97M-69.35240Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
BAK
Braskem
1.9349 of 5 stars
$3.52
+1.7%
$9.75
+177.0%
-54.8%$1.40B$77.41B-0.998,310Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Down

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